NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Lippes Mathias is pleased to announce that Scott E. Thompson, partner and team co-leader of the firm’s intellectual property practice team, has been appointed to the Chill Brands Group Board of Directors as an independent non-executive director.

Scott, a leading intellectual property attorney, has extensive experience representing clients, including Fortune 100 companies, in trademark, copyright, patent, unfair competition, advertising, internet, and social media matters for U.S. and international litigation, brand creation, management and protection, transactional matters, and counseling. Immediately prior to joining Lippes Mathias, Scott was general counsel- intellectual property/marketing properties with Mars Incorporated (one of the largest privately held companies in the world) where he built and led a team of over 50 in-house intellectual property & marketing properties professionals. Scott also served as counsel for some of the world's largest brands including Philip Morris Companies, Colgate-Palmolive, and GlaxoSmithKline. At GlaxoSmithKline, Scott served as vice president, global trademarks, and as global head of a 50-person tri-location trademark department responsible for trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and internet and intranet matters for the world's second-largest pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare company.

About Chill Brands Group PLC

Chill Brands Group plc is an international company focused on the development, production, and distribution of best-in-class hemp-derived CBD products, tobacco alternatives and other consumer packaged goods (CPG) products. The Company operates primarily in the US, where its products are distributed online and via some of the nation's most recognizable convenience retail outlets. The Group's strategy is anchored around lifestyle marketing that is designed to enhance the popularity of its products, channeling visitors to its landmark chill.com website.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with more than 135 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, and New York, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.